Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six is finally coming back but it's under a new game titled Siege. So what happened to Rainbow 6: Patriots? Turns out that it's "permanently dead."

Ubisoft confirms the news to Polygon.

"It's not in development anymore," Alexandre Remy said, the brand director for Rainbow Six. "The main decision was some months after Patriots was announced in 2011 that was the first moment we knew the first generation of new consoles were coming. So obviously at that moment and for a franchise such as Rainbow we needed to decide if we could make something for next-gen and we were already pretty advanced in the development of Patriots.

"It would require doing a lot of extra things," he said.

He continues, "It was a strategic decision to make that happen. It's hard to imagine a Rainbow Six game that doesn't use the latest technology. We had to decide do we keep working on something that might be a bit late in the cycle or do we actually take that opportunity of next-gen?"

Rainbow Six Siege, the new game, has been in development for 18 months according to the report. It's being handled by a team of 40.

Ubisoft closed its E3 press conference with yet another surprise title as it has done in the past couple years, this time with a new Rainbow Six game. It's called Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege.

The video shown during the conference revealed a multiplayer match using the game's pre-alpha build.

It begins with a 5-on-5 scenario between good guys and bad guys where one team must rescue a hostage while the other defends. It takes place in a house with the terrorist team barricading the building. Meanwhile, the good guys are able to surveil the inside of the home using a drone, which ultimately gets spotted and shot down by the terrorists.

The counter-terrorist team then choose one of three insertion points using a map of the level. They choose to descend from helicopter onto the roof and eventually the two teams exchange gunfire.

The game mode presented is an elimination type mode. The gun battle takes place all over the home, demonstrating impressive environmental destructibility. The demo video ends with a 1-on-1 encounter, just before seeing the outcome of the match.

Overall, it looked like an impressive demonstration. It's slated to come to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC in 2015 and is being developed by Ubisoft Montreal.

Here's the official press release:

Today, Ubisoft announced the development of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege, the latest in the best-selling Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six franchise. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege will be available in 2015 on PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft and Windows PC.

Development of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege is being led by Ubisoft Montreal. Inspired by real world counter-terrorist organizations, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege puts players in the middle of lethal close-quarters confrontations. For the first time in a Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six game, players will engage in sieges, a new style of assault where enemies have the means to transform their environments into modern strongholds while Rainbow Six teams lead the assault to breach the enemy’s position. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege gives players unprecedented control over their ability to fortify their position — by reinforcing walls and floors, using barbed wire, deployable shields and mines, and more — or breach the enemies’ using observation drones, sheet charges, rappelling, and more. The fast pace, lethality and uniqueness of each siege sets a new bar for intense firefights, strategic gameplay and competitive gaming.

Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege also features a technological breakthrough that redefines the way players interact with a game environment. Leveraging Ubisoft Montreal’s proprietary Realblast engine, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege incorporates procedural destruction that is realistic and unscripted, meaning the environment reacts authentically, distinctively and dynamically, based on variables like the caliber of bullets or the amount of explosives used. This advance allows players to leverage destruction in meaningful ways. Walls can be shattered, opening new lines of fire. Ceilings and floors can be breached to create new access points. This ability to modify the level design in real time enables players to create new gameplay opportunities directly within the game level.

“As fans of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six and tactical shooters in general, we set out to create the game we always wanted to play within the counter-terrorism universe. We asked ourselves ‘how could we capture the incredible tension and unique tactics of these confrontations?’ We found the answer in the Siege gameplay and procedural destruction.” said Xavier Marquis, creative director at Ubisoft. “Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege is the game that Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six fans have been waiting for, and first-person shooter players will be drawn to its unique gameplay.“

From more information on Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege, please visit: www.rainbowsix.com

Ubisoft unveiled a new fitness title called Shape Up during its E3 press conference. It's exclusive to Xbox One and uses the Kinect.

The game demo on stage showed off one of its minigames, which was a sort of rhythm game using your body to hit notes on time. Another minigame consisted of performing pushups in a 2-player mode, racking up points for each succession.

It's a Kinect game so you can imagine how it went during the live conference. Stay tuned to GameTrailers for a video.

Assassin's Creed Unity, the next installment of the series for new-gen consoles, will arrive globally on October 28, Ubisoft said on its blog. The game will feature 4 player co-op play. The company also provided a live gameplay demo on-stage.

Below is a video featured during the Microsoft E3 conference.

Here's the write up from the blog:

Assassin’s Creed Unity takes you back to Paris during the French Revolution – when the streets ran red with blood, heads were mounted on sticks as a form of protest, and the grounds were set for the modern era. Step into the robes of Arno Dorian, a young man who witnessed a horrible tragedy and turned to the Brotherhood to help him combat the corruption running rampant in France.

As seen in the gameplay demo, two Assassins are better than one, and four is even better than that. Use the environment to surround your enemies and synchronize your kills in brutal harmony. In addition to the co-op, Unity also adds customization to the game. You’ll be able to pick and choose your gear and apparel, and you’ll be able to level up a set of skills to make Arno the Assassin you want him to be. All of these customizations will carry over into the co-op.

Ubisoft presented a new trailer of its online-connected racing game The Crew in its E3 presser. The trailer, showing a time-lapse journey coast to coast from Los Angeles to Miami, reveals one of the two+ hour missions that's featured in the game. That's two real-time hours.

Some new details and an early look into the new Mirror's Edge from EA DICE was revealed at today's press conference. A video provided insight of how players will discover a new Faith as the developers expand her character.

It's all revealed in a new developer video.

The game will offer multiple ways to navigate for players of all skill levels. For example, a less skilled player may take a longer and safer path while an advanced speedrunner can take risks for a shorter route.

"Everyone who wants to play the game, can play the game," the devs say.

A broad moveset is being expanded for the game. This time, the combat system will be built with the "moveset in mind."

EA DICE will redefine the role of runners in Mirror's Edge, which will give opportunities for varied gameplay. "We're creating Faith for a new generation," the video closes.

Battlefield Hardline was just revealed at EA's E3 presser in Los Angeles. Most of the details have been leaked but new gameplay footage was shown on stage. More importantly, players can now sign up for the beta right now.

BioWare gave a slight glimpse of the next Mass Effect game in development by BioWare Montreal. A new video presented at EA's E3 conference confirms that the next installment will go somewhere new in a "whole new region of space."

The video revealed conceptual prototypes of the game. Players can expect new characters and new planets as the development team listens to what fans want in a new Mass Effect experience.

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